Quotes for Funny

It's a funny show. The characters are surprisingly likable, given how ugly they are. We've got this huge cast of characters that we can move around. And over the last few seasons, we've explored some of the secondary characters' personal lives a bit more.

Matt Groening

It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.

Arthur C. Clarke

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

Henry Kissinger

It's funny what a few no-hitters do for a body.

Satchel Paige

I always have a funny story at communion time that underscores that no one is perfect, and that communion is not for perfect people but for hungry people.

Greg Boyle

It's funny because I've made a living off of words, but words get in the way of what you really want to say.

Kanye West

I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny.

Jim Carrey

You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think.

Milton Berle

A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.

Milton Berle

Funny is an attitude.

Flip Wilson

A reputation takes years and years and years to build, and it takes one press of a button to ruin it. Don't let that happen to you. You've done so much work; you've put in so much effort. Don't let one moment ruin your entire life because you wanted to be funny or you were mad or because you had a mood.

J. J. Watt

I'm really not that funny in real life! But I am the best audience one could find. I love to laugh.

Carol Burnett

He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.

George Eliot

Forgiveness is a funny thing. It warms the heart and cools the sting.

William Arthur Ward

To label me an intellectual is a misunderstanding of what that is.

Dick Cavett

We've all seen comedians look like they're reaching just a little bit too much for the laugh. This is counterproductive. The conceit of standup is that it is effortless, which makes the prospect of generating new comedy a tricky one: you are trying to be funny without looking like you are trying to be funny.

Romesh Ranganathan

I have a wonderful make-up crew. They're the same people restoring the Statue of Liberty.

Bob Hope

A James Cagney love scene is one where he lets the other guy live.

Bob Hope

Experience is what you have after you've forgotten her name.

Milton Berle

I have a funny mental framework when I do physics. I create an imaginary audience in my head to explain things to - it is part of the way I think. For me, teaching and explaining, even to my imaginary audience, is part of the process.

Leonard Susskind